Yaoyao

A self-deluding crybaby rich boy × a ruthless, taciturn king of the urban village

Everyone knows that two people are the most famous at Zhucheng No. 8 High School.

One is Lin Yao, the pampered young master who’s always surrounded by admirers. The other is Shen Fu, the infamous school bully.

The former is the moon in the sky. His family is one of the wealthiest in A10, and his mixed-race features are as beautiful as they are refined. No matter how fussy and spoiled Lin Yao gets, everyone still caters to him and indulges him, all hoping to become one of the tiny mortal stars that set off his brilliance.

The latter is filth in the mud. Born into a destitute family in the urban village, he’s buried under mountains of debt. He was sent to juvenile detention in middle school for fighting with unsavory types, and often shows up at school covered in injuries. Even the teachers have given up on him: he’s a stray dog with nowhere to go.

Their paths should never have crossed, until one day Lin Yao suddenly fell ill in the bathroom and was rescued by Shen Fu, who happened to be passing by.

Lin Yao thought, with utter self-assurance: Why would the big bad wolf play the hero for no reason? He must have a crush on me.

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Shen Fu had no idea how he’d managed to offend that fussy young master called Lin Yao, who stuck to him like glue all day long.

The Lin family held considerable sway in Zhucheng, so Shen Fu didn’t dare offend Lin Yao. He put up with the troublesome young master whenever he could and humored him whenever he had to, thinking that would keep the peace.

He never expected that one day the young master would come over and announce, looking down at him: “After observing you for a while, I hereby officially allow you to be my boyfriend.”

Shen Fu: ...?

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Later, Lin Yao was kicked out by his family. He moved into Shen Fu’s rental apartment with several huge boxes of luxury goods, cramming the entire 50-square-meter subdivided unit in the urban village full, while Shen Fu was left with just one pitiful drawer for his worn-out T-shirts and underwear.

During that time, Shen Fu worked himself to the bone. His friends couldn’t bear to watch and urged him to take a break before he wrecked his health. But Shen Fu shook his head and said, “I can’t stop.”

Because every extra second he stopped meant one more second his Yaoyao had to spend in the mud.

When he should have been living above the clouds, surrounded by flowers and diamonds.

[Reader Advisory]

1. The first part is mostly about campus life and coming of age; the later part focuses on starting a business and romance in a rental apartment, with a small ensemble cast.

2. This is a partially fictionalized setting inspired by real places, but the timeline does not strictly follow reality, and names have also been altered. Please don’t force real-world comparisons or scrutinize it as if it were factual.

3. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced, happy ending.

Theme: Love can help people overcome every obstacle and find hope again after despair.